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Method and machine for forming a hollow rivet

US4136417A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 2, 1977
Grant dateJan 30, 1979
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Expiry dateMay 2, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB21K1/60
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The method and machine for forming a hollow rivet having a head at one end and an axially recessed shank at the other end, by means of placing a blank in a fixed die and performing the extruding operation on one end of the blank followed by a heading operation on the other end of the blank by a single blow of the heading hammer and then ejecting the hollow headed rivet from the fixed die.

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